Amma's words of wisdom!

475. Om visuddhi-cakra-nilayayai namah: I bow down to Amma who resides in the Visuddhi chakra

At www.sulekha.com, I found 101 quotes by Amma. Reproduced below are 20 of them. Sometimes I think that living purely by Amma's teachings is adequate to live a good life. We have no need for our traditional religious teachings for hidden in Amma's words is the entire intelligence of the universe:

1. "Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that."

2. "Our duty towards God is compassion and love towards the poor and needy."

3. "Beware; your actions in the present determine your future."

4. "All your problems arise because you don't stand firm within your Self."

5. "We should never forget that after every night, there is a dawn. We should never lose our optimistic faith."

6 . "God's power is not something outside. It is within us. We need to awaken that power."

7. "A Mahatma's life is like a cool breeze that caressed everybody and everything."

8. "Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace."

9. "Wherever you see men endowed with noble qualities and good dispositions, you will find a great mother who has inspired them to become what they are."

10. "Plants and trees also have emotions and can feel fear. You can sense that if you have a compassionate heart."

11. "Does the sun need the light of a candle? God needs nothing from us."

12. "There is no difference between the Creator and creation, just as there is no difference between the ocean and its waves."

13. "Just as ABC is the beginning of the alphabet, the quality of motherhood is the foundation of a woman's expressed actions."

14. "If we are able to develop the right attitude, we can drastically reduce the burden of our sorrows."

15. "To awaken spiritual unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life."

16. "If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed."

17. "We are not afraid of death. We are afraid of the loss we will incur when we die."

18. "Women should let go of their fear and distrust - they are simply illusions."

19.  "If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you."

20.  "When a ship is in the sea, it has to weather storms, rough seas and may even encounter whales or sharks." 

Om Amriteswariye namah!